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Winter Riding in the Desert
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[QUOTE="firecracker22, post: 527810, member: 20316"] Saturday's ride was definitely what sand riding is all about. We had everything from trails to hillclimbs to dunes. I've been to the dunes near Vantage, which are a LOT smaller and more sandy, with no trails. Juniper is definitely far superior. I started off pretty tense--I've only ridden 3 times in the last 2 months due to weather--and my arms would not stop pumping up. I finally started to get my second wind though and felt much better. I didn't hit the ground all that often, really, though Bbbom missed one (that's why I was stopped near where she fell down) and caught up to me just as I was picking myself up from another. That was a doozy--I took a handlebar to the belly, and have a huge bruise the size of my whole hand to show for it. It didn't hurt until after we were done, when I took off my jersey though. One thing I like about sand riding is the chance to open up my bike. Being the spode I am, I rarely get that thing up in the higher gears and let it run. I was in and out of 4th, 5th and 6th gear all day though. Still slower than everyone else, but oh well . . . I had a GREAT ride. I did learn something about myself though. I have NO sense of direction. Me riding in the wide-open rolling hills is like turning your kid loose in Toys R Us--I will wander off the first time you turn your head. (Bbbom may already have known this, but I was hoping my last ride-leader misadventure was an isolated mistake). I got separated from the group no less than 4 times. :think: There were times on Sunday that I wished I was back at the dunes. The weather and snow SUCKED BIG TIME. It was 40 degrees, misty, and occasionally raining at the ski hill, plus I was riding a brand new board that I had never been on before. It's about four inches longer than my old board, and I didn't really know how to ride that properly either! Oh well. I went back to the bunny hill where I belong and let the guys ride to the top while I threw solitary temper tantrums. (I tend to get very frustrated with myself whe I can't make my body do things my brain knows perfectly well how to do . . . anybody remember the Old Days when I was learning on my XR? I had some pretty gnarly trailside conniptions . . . ) Anyway, we called it quits when it started raining in earnest, had a beer (or three) with Dirtygirly and her ski friends, and went back out. My last 2 runs of the day were what I should have looked like all the time so the day wasn't a total waste. [/QUOTE]
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